SCHLUB is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCHLUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCHLUB?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCHLUB is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCHLUB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
schlubsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCHLUB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCHLUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,328 thousand.
What stands out about SCHLUB
- SCHLUB gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCHLUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A clumsy, dull or unattractive person who is hard to admire.
The word came into English from Yiddish and is used as a mild put-down, often with a trace of affection. A schlub is typically someone who dresses carelessly, has no polish and is easy to overlook. The spelling shlub is a rarer variant that is listed separately on this site.
How SCHLUB is used
Informal and slightly humorous; common in American speech and comic writing.
- He showed up to the wedding looking like a schlub in a wrinkled shirt.
- The film follows an ordinary schlub who wins a fortune by accident.
- Nobody expected the schlub from accounting to give the best speech.
- She called her brother a lovable schlub and handed him a clean tie.
- Being a schlub, he never noticed the stain on his sleeve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCHLUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCHLUB
1 longer words begin with SCHLUB.
Shorter words from the letters in SCHLUB
Common questions about SCHLUB
- Is SCHLUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCHLUB, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCHLUB worth?
- SCHLUB is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCHLUB mean?
- A clumsy, dull or unattractive person who is hard to admire.
- What letters can be added to SCHLUB?
- SCHLUB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCHLUB:
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